California’s Proposition 8 Ruled Unconstitutional by Judge Walker

Holy thank God! =) As I fully expected, and if you followed the transcripts you will know what I mean,  California’s proposition 8 was ruled unconstitutional via Prop 8 Trial Tracker (full decision)! Judge Vaugh Walker dropped the big metal hammer of constitutional justice upon this sordid issue. Happy Days! Now the long process of […]

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“Why I finally joined a church” – a Salon article

If any of these links are not dead, need correcting, or if you have recommendations please let me know. In Support of Esperanto More Casual How to talk ‘proper Kairdiff’ – in Esperanto (BBC News, Feb 2010) The ‘One Show’ does Esperanto (January 2010, You Tube Video) – really good coverage Excerpts from ‘Utopia in […]

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Theological Humanism? A solution to the divide?

OK, so I was reading a post on Prop 8 Trial Tracker where the following quote was rendered which spawned the creation of this post: There’s two lenses here. One’s a biblical world view and the other is basically more of a secular humanist world view and that’s why there never seems to be agreement” […]

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A problem with conservative religions is that Dogma and tradition is more important than People

A major problem with many religions, especially conservative or fundamentalist religions, is that, for them, their dogma, tenets, traditions, and beliefs are more important than people. Following their tradition and teachings is more important than the harm that they cause. It is easy to forget that people are affected by your teachings when the teachings […]

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Let Constance Take Her Girlfriend to Prom

Linguistics Evolution and Geographic Isolation This post is brought to you by the letter “L” for linguistics. I have come to think about his because of my reading about linguistics. In linguistics it is thought that humanity’s languages all stemmed from a single language called Proto-Indo-European, and then as the tribes broke up and migrated […]

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Dietary Evolution and Geographic Isolation

Linguistics Evolution and Geographic Isolation This post is brought to you by the letter “L” for linguistics. I have come to think about this because of my reading about linguistics. In linguistics it is thought that humanity’s languages all stemmed from a single language called Proto-Indo-European, and then as the tribes broke up and migrated […]

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GPI’s waste-to-fuel process validated by U.S. military

For a couple of years,  Green Power, Inc (GPI) has had a 100 ton per day model plant in Pasco, Washington that turns municipal solid waste (MSW) and other like feedstock such as biomass into high grade fuel.  This technology enables the replacement of limited, fossil-based oil with fuel that comes from garbage, which can […]

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Fundamentalist Christians Trying to Rewrite History Books in Texas… again…. =(

If you think that what I am about to write does not affect you please take a look at this quote: Texas is the nation’s second-largest textbook market and one of the few biggies where the state picks what books schools can buy rather than leaving it up to the whims of local districts, which […]

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Prop 8 Trial Testimony and Coverage

The more I read of the Proposition 8 Trial Tracker BLog‘s account of the trial’s testimony the more I believe that there is really no valid argument against gay marriage.  Their Questioning, and their expert witnesses are crushing the pro- Prop 8 people. It is a blood bath in there. The historical evidence supporting the homosexuality has […]

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